Skipping Class

However...

Just as Che Li Zao Miao was about to turn and leave, he suddenly noticed the back row of the classroom...

There, two people were without desks.

One was Guo Shuai, sitting on a broken chair with a greenish complexion.

The other was Xiang Nu Ji Er, who had snatched the last broken chair and was currently curled up into a ball.

Thump! Thump!

The ground shook.

Che Li Zao Miao dragged his massive body, walking step by step until he stood in front of Xiang Nu Ji Er.

He lowered his head, his enormous shadow completely engulfing the wretched boy.

The foul, hot breath exhaled from his mouth ruffled the boy's hair.

"This classmate..."

"Where is your desk?"

Xiang Nu Ji Er was trembling like a leaf, his teeth chattering. How could he dare to answer?

At this life-or-death moment, his mind went blank, and he once again unleashed the ultimate move engraved in the bloodline of every cherry blossom country person!

Dogezuo!

Plop!

He slammed onto his knees, knocked his forehead heavily against the floor, and shouted loudly.

"Sumimasen!! Hondou ni sumimasen!!"

He prayed frantically in his heart: "You must forgive me!"

"Those corrupt politicians on TV! The businessmen who cooked the books were all forgiven after bowing and apologizing!"

"As long as I am sincere enough, he will definitely let me go!"

However.

Imagination is plump, but reality is skinny.

Not all ghosts have such a good temper.

Che Li Zao Miao grinned wide.

"If apologies were useful... what would we need the dean of students for?"

"No desk... violation of school rules!"

"Punishment is mandatory!!"

Before the words had even faded.

ROAR!

His bloody mouth snapped open, swallowing Xiang Nu Ji Er—head and upper body included—in a single gulp!

Squelch!

The lower body twitched feebly twice before dropping to the ground.

"Hiccup~"

Che Li Zao Miao chewed with satisfaction, his gaze immediately shifting to the next target, Guo Shuai.

"Holy crap..."

Guo Shuai's face turned green instantly, greener than a cuckold's hat.

He turned his head, trembling, to look at Jiangnan beside him, his eyes filled with desperate pleas for help.

"Boss... save me!"

"What should I do?"

Although he had rested for a while and his mana bar had recovered a bit!

But this thing looked thicker than an armored vehicle; there was no way he could break through its defense!

Jiangnan was resting with his eyes closed and grew impatient from the noise.

He reached up to peel the memo off his face and shot Guo Shuai a cold glare.

Slap.

The next second, a new piece of memo paper was stuck onto Guo Shuai's face, which was practically screaming the word "misery."

[Think about how those ghosts did it.]

[Do I really have to teach you something this simple? Idiot.]

Seeing these words, Guo Shuai froze for a second.

How do the ghosts do it?

The eyeless ghost snatched a desk...

The flat-headed ghost also snatched a desk...

"Grab a seat!!"

Guo Shuai suddenly realized!

He finally understood that this was a rule-based horror!

As long as he grabbed a desk, he would fulfill the identity of a "good student," and the monsters wouldn't be able to attack him!

However...

Guo Shuai looked at the cherry blossom country students trembling in the front rows.

He was fine with killing monsters; after all, they were alien beings.

But killing people...

And having to kill his own kind with his own hands just to survive...

Guo Shuai clenched his fists, his nails digging deep into his flesh.

Although he was ruthless toward himself, this was his first time laying a hand on a living person.

His psychological defenses struggled violently at this moment.

"Roar..."

Beside him, Che Li Zao Miao had already swallowed Xiang Nu Ji Er, and that blood-dripping maw was now approaching him.

The shadow of death loomed over his head.

"Damn it! Do or die!"

Guo Shuai gritted his teeth and cursed himself.

"In the apocalypse, the human heart is far more dangerous than monsters! These cherry blossom country people wanted to kill us earlier!"

"If you don't even dare to kill evil people! If you don't even dare to kill these Japanese pirates!"

"What face do you have to meet the pioneers of Huaxia? What qualification do you have to follow the boss?!"

"Kill!!"

Guo Shuai cursed himself in his heart, and his body stopped hesitating.

He scanned the classroom quickly, locking onto a target in an instant.

It was a boy from the cherry blossom country with dyed yellow hair and a face full of flabby, cruel flesh.

Even in his fear, he radiated a sense of viciousness.

Judging by his appearance, he was clearly a school bully who spent his days preying on the weak.

"You're the one!"

"The old ancestor said that one's face reflects one's heart! I could tell at a glance that you aren't a good person!"

Guo Shuai did not hesitate any longer. He sprang up from his chair and charged in front of the yellow hair.

"Baka! What do you think you're doing?!"

The yellow hair was shocked.

"I'm borrowing your desk!"

Guo Shuai roared, grabbed the other boy by the collar, and shoved him violently to the ground!

The boy hadn't even reacted yet and was just about to scramble up to fight back.

"Wind pressure!!"

Guo Shuai reached out his left hand to cover his right eye. Although his mana bar was low, he went all in!

BOOM!!

A violent, downward-crushing airflow exploded instantly upon the boy!

"Pfft!"

The boy couldn't even let out a scream; his chest bone and organs were crushed in an instant.

His entire body was flattened as if by a hydraulic press, turning into a puddle of mush.

"Huff... huff..."

Guo Shuai panted heavily, looking at the corpse on the ground while fighting back the nausea churning in his stomach.

"I didn't feed you to the monster alive to experience the agony of being chewed, so I gave you a quick end instead..."

"I've done my best."

"In your next life... try to be a good person."

After saying this, Guo Shuai plopped his buttocks onto the blood-stained seat and gripped the desk tightly.

"Tch..."

Che Li Zaomiao saw this scene and curled his large, horse-like lip in disappointment.

Due to the rules, he could not attack students who were at their desks.

Thus, he had to settle for second best, lowering his head to the remains of the corpse on the floor.

He swallowed them down, let out a burp, and then slowly bumped the back door open to leave the classroom.

The crisis was averted.

Liu Yuqing, sitting in the front row, let out a sigh of relief.

She glanced back at Che Li Zaomiao's retreating figure, then looked at Yu Shishi, who had been sitting motionless in her seat the entire time.

"Not bad, Shishi."

Liu Yuqing patted her shoulder with satisfaction:

"Looks like after following the boss for so long, your guts have grown quite a bit."

"You didn't make a sound or scream during such a terrifying scene just now. That's some real progress; you didn't embarrass the boss."

However.

Liu Yuqing did not receive any response.

Yu Shishi remained sitting stiffly, her eyes wide open, staring straight ahead.

"Hm?"

Liu Yuqing frowned: "Shishi? What's wrong with you? Speak to me!"

She leaned in closer to observe carefully.

Then, the corner of her mouth couldn't help but twitch violently.

She saw that although Yu Shishi's eyes were open, her pupils were completely dilated, leaving only large whites of the eyes.

Her breathing was faint, and her body was rigid.

"Damn it..."

Liu Yuqing facepalmed, speechless:

"So you were actually scared unconscious the whole time?!"

"Fainting with your eyes wide open... that's a talent too, hey!"

At the lectern.

Although the crisis had passed, the lesson had to continue.

That black pen holder still stood silently on the lectern, exuding an ominous aura.

Chen Tong looked at it, took a deep breath, and made up her mind.

"Don't be afraid... don't be afraid..."

"With Jiangnan here... everything will be alright!"

Chen Tong didn't know where she got this confidence from.

But whenever she thought of that man, thought of his overbearing protection!

And that brief yet unforgettable...

Intimate love...

Chen Tong's cheeks suddenly felt a bit hot.

"Oh my! What are you thinking, Chen Tong! This is a life-or-death moment!"

She cursed herself for being useless, then her gaze turned firm.

She reached out a trembling hand, closed her eyes, and grabbed the pen holder.

Huala huala...

After a sound of shaking.

Pat.

A stick fell out of the pen holder and landed on the desktop.

Chen Tong quickly opened her eyes and picked up the stick to look at it.

Four characters were carved into it with fresh blood.

[Sakuragi Shita]

Afterward, she cleared her throat and shouted loudly.

"Which classmate is Sakuragi Shita?"

"Please stand up and answer the question."

Below the podium.

Yekaterina, sitting in the back row, sighed, her gaze lingering gloomily on Jiangnan, who was still fast asleep.

"What a heartless man."

"That poor red-haired woman, she's his woman, isn't she?"

"She's about to face danger, yet he can actually still sleep?"

"I really don't know... why the bloodline within me is so restless because of him."

Yekaterina clutched her chest, where a strong heart was beating violently, thump, thump.

It wasn't the feeling of a crush.

It was the dragon bloodline vibrating for some unknown reason.

"Strange..."

Just as she was puzzled.

On the lectern, Chen Tong had already called out that name three times in a row.

"Student Sakuragi Shita? Are you here?"

"Sakuragi Shita?"

However.

Inside the classroom, no one stood up.

The eyeless ghost was playing with its fingers, the flat-headed ghost was staring blankly, and the ghost infant remained motionless.

"This... how is this possible?"

Yekaterina widened her beautiful eyes, feeling a sense of disbelief.

"Where is the ghost?"

"That name is clearly the name of a ghost student! Where did the ghost go?"

"Could it be that it doesn't want to answer the question? Or perhaps..."

Just as everyone looked at each other in dismay, the atmosphere gradually became eerie and tense.

Bang!

The black pen holder on the lectern suddenly turned into a puff of black smoke and vanished into thin air.

Immediately after.

Bloody characters automatically appeared on the blackboard, announcing the conclusion of this absurd scene.

[Notification: Student "sakuragi shita" is skipping class without reason!]

[Questioning session ended.]

[Verdict: Due to the absence of the student, the teacher bears no responsibility.]

[Assessment passed!]

[Teacher chen tong's evaluation for this class: Perfect!]

[Reward: Overall physical fitness increased by one major rank (F→E)!]

Hum!

A golden light instantly enveloped chen tong.

Her originally somewhat frail body became visibly toned and powerful, and even her skin became fairer and more radiant.

"..."

Below the stage.

yekaterina clutched her head with both hands, completely dumbfounded.

She looked at chen tong, who was also wearing a look of bewilderment on the stage, and ten thousand horses galloped through her heart.

"No way?!"

"This actually works?!"

"In a ghost school, you can actually run into a ghost skipping class?!"

"Is this woman's luck... hacked?!"